Risk events in Nigeria, July 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
4579 events were recorded: 3836 conflict events and 471 unrest events.
4579 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
4579 events· Nigeria
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 3,836
- 28 in the list
- Unrest
- 471
- 22 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
4579 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Kaduna, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kaduna · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Kano, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Kano · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Bauchi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Bauchi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yola, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yola · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Nsukka, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Nsukka · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Ondo, Nigeria
Severity 4 · Ondo · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Sokoto, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Sokoto · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Birnin Kebbi · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yenagoa, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Yenagoa · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Makurdi, Nigeria
1 fatality · Makurdi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Katsina, Nigeria
1 fatality · Katsina · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Funtua, Nigeria
1 fatality · Funtua · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Wukari, Nigeria
4 fatalities · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Oturkpo, Nigeria
2 fatalities · Oturkpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Wum, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Wum · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Wukari, Nigeria
1 fatality · Wukari · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Sokoto, Nigeria
3 fatalities · Sokoto · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Afikpo, Nigeria
1 fatality · Afikpo · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria
1 fatality · Maiduguri · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Enugu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Enugu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ogbomoso · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ado-Ekiti · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Osogbo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Osogbo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ile-Ife · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Bama, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Bama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Potiskum, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Potiskum · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Biu, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Biu · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Zaria, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Zaria · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Epe, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Epe · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Ikeja, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Ikeja · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Oyo, Nigeria
Severity 2 · Oyo · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Lafia, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Lafia · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Maiduguri, Nigeria
Severity 3 · Maiduguri · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.